December 16, 2012

Video: My Dating and Relationships Panel at Skepticon V

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As I mentioned earlier, I took part in a discussion panel at Skepticon V last month, How Should Rationalists Approach Relationships and Marriage? The video of that panel is now available online, so if you’d like to see it, enjoy:

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Thanks to Jesse Galef for inviting me to participate, and thanks as well to my fellow panelists Chana Messinger, Matt Dillahunty, and Julia Galef. We’ll have to do this again sometime… like maybe next year!

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